Thursday, September 2, 2010

What a month! It's was A LOT of work to bring you all this dystopian fun, but it was well worth it! Thanks for all your comments and support. Here's a recap of what went on.

REVIEWS
I reviewed 24 dystopian or post-apocalyptic novels and rated them between 1-5 on the Zombie Chicken scale. Basically, I went into every book expecting a solid, worthwhile read which is 3 Zombie Chickens. If a book wowed me, it got an extra Zombie Chicken (for 4), and if I fell in love with it, it earned a perfect 5. If I had some reservations about it, I docked it a Zombie Chicken (for 2) and if I really didn't like it, it only got 1 lonely Zombie Chicken. Here's a recap (links lead to my review):

Speaking of Diana Peterfreund, she has a story in the upcoming Zombies Vs Unicorns anthology, and in her honor, I got Daniel to draw a unicorn chicken! Check him out in a fight vs the zombie chicken:

PENGUIN PRIZE PACK CONTEST
Penguin has kindly donated a 4 book prize pack for one lucky winner! I will open this one internationally - meaning if someone international wins it, I will receive it myself and send it on. Here are the books you can win:

I think what I love best about this blog is how thorough you are and how much is going on here. This post alone is impressive; the time you took and the planning that went behind everything is awesome. Thanks for that and for offering so much.

Also, thanks for the teen dystopian theme. Pretty cool, and now I have some new ones not only to read but recommend at the bookstore where I work!

Thank you so very much for this month. It was a so fun and exciting and informative. I truly loved reading all of the books and hearing about more. I kinda turned into a dystopian fanatic, but there are worse things! Can't wait for February.

Zombie chickens--love it! I started reading Black Hole Sun yesterday--good book. I've written a spec thriller, and I have wanted to write about Mars since I read Ray Bradbury soo many years ago. BHS is inspiring.

kay, I know I'm being silly but just seeing Monsters of Men with 5 zombie chickens makes me giddy inside, I'll read your review after I get my hands on the book (i'm just mental about even minor spoilers, haha) but you've got my hopes up realll high! and 24 dystopian books? success! you are pretty darned amazing Lenore :)